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Firstly there are two types of deserts - hot deserts (like the Sahara) and cold deserts (like Antarctica. Generally no plants are found in cold deserts.

Hot deserts on the other hand are inhospitable places in general for life, but there are plants which have manged to adapt to growing and reproducing under these conditions.

There are many deserts all over the world, most contain certain plant species that are native to that area, and are not found in other deserts - for example the barrel cactus is native to central American deserts and is not found naturally in African deserts.

This is a general list of plant materials that can be found in deserts, and is not specific to any in particular - some are true desert plants others are marginal desert plants:

Barrel Cactus

Brittle Bush

Chainfruit Cholla

Creosote Bush

Crimson Hedgehog Cactus

Desert Ironwood

Joshua Tree

Jumping Cholla

Mojave Aster

Ocotillo

Palo Verde

Pancake Prickly Pear Cactus

Saguaro Cactus

Soaptree Yucca

Tuble weed

Triangle-leaf Bursage

Aloe species

Welwitschia

Opuntia species

African Peyote Cactus

Date Palms

Olive

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